"There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child."
-- Henry Ward Beecher

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Water, Sand, and Transportation...

Since we are headed towards sand, blue water, and lots of sun shortly, I wanted to use last weekend's sun to experiment with how much time J could spend in the sun with sunscreen on playing in the water.

And it appears, Mr. M's & my skin complexion combo is a win-win for little man.

He spent all day Friday out in the sun. Peak sun hours. We swam, we played with the sand & water table, okay, so maybe I sat beside the table reading taking pictures. J tried feeding the dogs sand by telling them it was dog food.

Payton, however, after a quick sniff, was not fooled by such imagination.

That said, I just realized, that was the first time I've really seen J's imagination take off and start creating stories. My sister-in-law has often told me how she loves listening in on my niece when my niece doesn't realize it to hear the stories she crafts. Up to this point, J will be going on & on, but it was mostly incoherent to my ear.

This was very clear and well thought out... And it continued when we walked down to the park, as J wanted to play fast food service person with me... First he served me, then I served him. Over.and.Over. His top choices were pizza and nuggets. I, of course, requested ice cream.

Here are some pics of him enjoying his table...

I have to add, I LOVE the umbrella attached. It actually came with his picnic bench Grandma & Grandpa M got him, but as we've put that in the basement for J to use as a coloring table, we haven't used the umbrella. Since the water table had a spot for an umbrella, I decided to see if I could cross brands & it worked wonderfully! J even did a pretty good job at staying under it.